DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z October 27, 2010
Once again widespread cloudiness was present across a good portion of the US and southern Canada which interfered with fire and smoke detection. Quite a few fires were visible in between breaks in the clouds across portions of northern California, western Oregon, and southern British Columbia in southwestern Canada, but very little smoke could be seen due to the cloudiness. Relatively cloud free areas were mainly present over the south central and southwestern US. Southwestern US: A couple of very minor areas of blowing dust were detected in the southwestern US. One emanated from a point source in Fresno County of central California and moved to the south-southeast during the late afternoon. Another patch of blowing dust originated from a source in Esmeralda County of southwestern Nevada and moved to the south. JS THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov